[lam], (Verb)

Definitions:
- hit hard; strike
(e.g: I'll lam you in the mouth in a minute)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian and Danish lamme ‘paralyse’

[lam], (Verb)

Definitions:
- escape; flee
(e.g: we'd better lam before the cops show up!)


Phrases:
- on the lam

Origin:
late 19th century: from lam